HomeMy WebLinkAbout0072NORDIPANCE NO. (PA Series) .
. AN ORDIEAhCE DECLARIEG THAT AF EPIDEMIC EXISTS IR THE CITY OF
SAE LUIS OBISPO, PROVIDING VOR THE 1 EARIEG OF 1EL: SKS OR COVERIEGS
OVER THE NOSE AND MOUTH DURING THE &OT:TIPUAT;CE THEREOF, ABD PRESCRIB-
IFG A YEEALTY FOR A VO ILAT IOR THE EOF.
BE IT ORDAQED by the Council of the City of San. Luis Obispo
as follows:-
Section 1. That there exists and is prevalent in the City
of San Luis Obispo an epidemic Df what is known as and called
"Spanish Influenza ", and the preservation of the public health
requires immediate measures for the control and extermination of
said epidemic: That during the ,,period of said epidemic, which for
the purposes of this Ordinance 4hall be deemed to exist until the
issuance of the ;proclamation provided for in section 2 of this
Ordinance, every person appearing or being in any puolic street of
said City, or in any public,Dlace, or in any assemblage of persons,
or in any place where two or more persons are congregated except
in homes where only the members of tha family are present, and
every person engaged in the sale, handling or distribution of food
stuffs, wearing apparel, household articles or furniture or
household merchandise, shall, except when partaking of meals, wear
a.mask or covering over the nose and mouth consisting of four -ply
material known as butter cloth, or of fine mesn gauze, which said
mask shall be not less than five inches in width and seven in
length and which shall at all such times firmly cover the nose
and mouth.
Section 2. When the Board of Health.of said City of Ean Luis
Obispo shall detertine that said epidemic of "Spanish Influenza" has
ceased to exist in the said City of San Luis Obispo, said Board of
Health shall communicate such determination to the hyar of said
City who shall thereupon issue a proclamation proclaiming that
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said epidemic has ceased to exist.
Section 3. Every person who violates any of the provisions of
this ordinance or fails to comply with any of the said provisions
is.guilty'of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by.a fine not to
exceed ;: � or by imprisonment in the City Jail not
to exceed / days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. This Ordinance, together with the Ayes and Foes
shall be published for two days in the "Daily Telegram",'a newspaper
printed, published and circulated in said City of San Luis Obispo,
and is declared to be urgently required for the immediate preserv-
ation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect
and be in force immediately upon its final -passage.
Introduced and passed to print this day of October, 1918,
by the following vote:-
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